Keto chicken sausage mummies in mozzarella dough

Keto chicken sausage mummies, wrapped in a dough of mozzarella, ground almonds and egg, with mustard eyes and cucumber sticks. A gluten-free Halloween dinner with 5 g of carbs.

At a glance

• Serves 4
• Prep time: 25 min
• Cooking time: 18 min
• Total time: 43 min
• Calories: 490 kcal per serving
• Protein: 27 g
• Fat: 39 g
• Carbs: 5 g

Ingredients

• 150g grated mozzarella
• 30g cream cheese
• 90g almonds
• 1 egg
• 400g chicken sausages
• 300g cucumber
• 1 tsp mustard

Method

You’ll need: oven · saucepan · baking tray · blender · chopping board · knife · wooden spoon

1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C (180 °C fan) and line a baking tray with baking paper. Grind the almonds finely in a blender.
2. Melt the grated mozzarella and cream cheese in a pan over a low heat, stirring, until smooth.
3. Take the pan off the heat, quickly knead in the ground almonds and egg and roll the dough out 3 mm thin between two sheets of baking paper.
4. Cut the dough into 1 cm wide strips and wrap them criss-cross around the chicken sausages. Leave a narrow gap at the top for the face.
5. Put the mummies on the tray and bake at 200 °C for 15 to 18 minutes, until the strips are golden brown.
6. Dot two spots of mustard into each gap with a cocktail stick for eyes and serve the mummies with cucumber sticks.

Good to know

Chicken sausage mummies belong on every Halloween buffet. Instead of puff pastry, you wrap a dough of mozzarella and ground almonds around the chicken sausages. Kids can help with the wrapping – wonky looks the spookiest.

Swaps

Chicken sausages → beef sausages. Almonds → spelt flour (then no longer keto or gluten-free). Grated mozzarella → Gouda. Mustard → cream cheese with a peppercorn for each pupil.

Cooking tips

Knead the dough while it's warm; once cool, it firms up and tears. If it gets too soft, put it in the fridge for 10 minutes.

Storage

Once baked, they keep for 2 days in the fridge; reheat them in the oven at 180 °C for 8 minutes.

Allergens

Contains milk, egg, almonds and mustard; gluten-free. Suitable for children; in pregnancy, heat the chicken sausages until piping hot and use mozzarella made from pasteurised milk.

Frequently asked questions

How long do chicken sausage mummies keep in the fridge?

Once baked, they keep for 2 days in the fridge; reheat them in the oven at 180 °C for 8 minutes.